#26in2013 Gawd love ya @CaitlinMoran. Great way to start the year! How To Be A Woman #highlyrecommended
"The overwhelming majority of those children would have been saved with effective gun control. We know that this is so, because, in societies that have effective gun control, children rarely, rarely, rarely die of gunshots. Let’s worry tomorrow about the problem of Evil. Let’s worry more about making sure that when the Problem of Evil appears in a first-grade classroom, it is armed with a penknife.
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On gun violence and how to end it, the facts are all in, the evidence is clear, the truth there for all who care to know it—indeed, a global consensus is in place, which, in disbelief and now in disgust, the planet waits for us to us to join. Those who fight against gun control, actively or passively, with a shrug of helplessness, are dooming more kids to horrible deaths and more parents to unspeakable grief just as surely as are those who fight against pediatric medicine or childhood vaccination. It’s really, and inarguably, just as simple as that.
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The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik on the science of and the simple truth about gun control (via explore-blog)
Now all we need is the snow…
Mornings of perfection. (at Sans Dire)
Getting ahead with a little help from our friends
Originally posted on the MaRS blog on Wednesday, November 14, 2012.
Years ago, while…
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16/26 #26in2012 Forgot what it’s like to plow through 500+ pages for fun. Jodi Picoult, House Rules
"Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others."
Timothy Leary via rachieeeee (via falsified)
14/26 #26in2012 Now the boys get to watch The Chamber of Secrets for their movie night tonight, and mum gets to add this book to her list.
14/26 #26in2012 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi. A thoroughly enjoyable read with a great soundtrack.
Rockaway Recovery: Far Rockaway Needs Our Help
26We spent the afternoon in Far Rockaway.
Several communities in the region were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. This one desperately needs our help.
Many residents of Far Rockaway have limited resources in the best of times. Since the storm hit, they have been without power, without heat, and…
Jezebel.com Updates: Canadians “Politely Amused” By Americans Who Say They'll Move There If Their Candidate Loses on Election Day
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The Washington Post’s Max Fisher asked Canadian readers what they thought about cranky Americans (usually Democrats and dumb Republicans, since the Canadian government covers healthcare costs, meaning they are practically Communists) who, every four years, threaten to move to Canada if…
By Jesús Díaz
Look at George Lucas’ face. LOOK AT HIS GODDAMN FACE. You reap what you sow, George, you reap what you sow. May all your Ewoks burn in hell.
First fire of the season. Yup, that cold… (at Sans Dire)
Why Salt Water in the Subway Is So Extremely Dangerous
Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge, which bulged into New York Harbor on Monday night, inundated much of lower Manhattan, parts of Brooklyn, and the barrier islands like the Rockaways in Queens. The water got into some of the city’s subway, automobile, and electrical tunnels, and pumping the water out and bringing those tunnels back into working order is going to be a tall order—we’re talking many days or weeks to complete.
What’s the big deal about water getting into subway and electrical tunnels?
